service area
Britishnoun
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a place on a motorway providing garage services, restaurants, toilet facilities, etc
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the area within which a satisfactory signal can be received from a given radio transmitter
Example Sentences
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Dominion’s Virginia service area is a hub for data centers, with electricity load forecast to grow over 5% annually.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Dominion’s Virginia service area is a hub for data centers, with electricity load forecast to grow over 5% annually.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Amazon-backed robotaxi firm Zoox is quadrupling its service area in San Francisco, adding destinations in Las Vegas and preparing to launch in Austin and Miami.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
That’s thrown uncertainty into officials’ goal of eventually bringing the approach to their whole service area, spanning 36 cities and unincorporated communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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